Phonograph.



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- Beit knownthat" DONALD MILNEMAN- SON. ofthe city of`Hamiiton, in the county of ent'vvorthgfin the Province of Qnturio,

Cndido, iiitfve invented certain new and useful Improvements in'.honographs,l of which the oiowin is thespeciication..

fMy'inve tionlrelates to improvements in' phonogrephsandthe object of the invention to devise electrical ineens Wherebyaiter a1, record "hsfbeen'plejfed, the needle may be cerriedbacktofthe,beginning so that' the piayingoftherecerdmay be repeated, and it consists" essentially of anV arm secured at one endtofthe-.sound box crook,.magnetic 'ineens ordrawing down the opposit-eend of erm thereby .raising the soundbox and needle from the record, a. circuit for the ma g- 'net and efetvitch .for ina-king and breaking the A c'irc'uityf` e downwardly projecting por- *erried'by the tet-per tube, en adjustable -etc'p i' respond with the ystartingpoint of thel rec-v esigned" tobe 'turned in position to cor- 'o`rd, and .a 'spring .connected ,l to the taper 'tube and to the bracket thereof and adopted'A 4to turn the tep'ertube from the center of the record Whenftheneedle is out of contact with therecord' to the starting position,` whereby "the taper tube is stopped from further turning by the projectionsthereof engaging with the 'adjustable stop, :the parts being arranged es hereinafter more part1cu1arly`- explained `in the foilowing. specification.

Figure l is @perspective View of a fraginental portion off the top, of a phonograph showing e portionvof my repeatingmeans Fig 2' is a. .section through the rear portion cfa phonograph box showing my repeating means. Fig. Bis an enlarged detaiiof the junctionof the sound box .crook and the taper tube showingfniy attachment thereto. Fig. 4 is e section` through Fig.V 3 aougthe 'line I mounted in the usual way in the collar 3.'

4f indicates Vthe usual bracket 'secured' toV 'the vcasing 1 and supportingA thefpivot 5 in.

the taper tube-2 in the usual way.

or fn ing 1,8.

2 indicates the taper tube or `erin turnahy OFFICE.

intron onreine. eenling.

.1e fm.' 6 indicates. theturntable ofthe phono gra-ph carrying the record 'i'.

8 indicate the sound `ho crook turnably mounted inthe ordinary 9 indicates the sound bei; carried by 'the crook 8. 10 indicates sound box 9.

l1 indicates a pivot secured te the crook 8.

12 indicates a drinn torn-obi; mounted on the pivot l.

`18 indicates aprojection carried .by the crook 8.

14 in dicwtesA a. projection carried by the drum 12 and adapted to engage with the projection 1 3.

. 15 indicates an arm secured at one end to the drum 12 and :it its other end provided with en eye l5..

17 indicetee a hanger ,secured to the freine l andhnriug heeringl at its lower eX- tremity.

lyinc-icetes pivot carried in the beni Lion zet the ex- `tending end oi: the hiper tube 2.5

Vthe vneedle carried by th e' 20 indicates an arm swingably carried on the pivot 1.9', and having an c ve 21 at one end vand an enhirged portion 2Oc at the op Y posite end.

' 22 ind1cjates' a hole'in `the frnnxe 1 .3

28 indicates n flexible cord ,secured at one end in the eyel ot the erin 15, passing through the hole 22 and secured at its other end in the c ve 21 of the :mn 2U.

2 4 indicatesaJ battery.

. 25 indicates emagnet 1n proximity to the end 20X of the arm 20.

26 indicates e sivitch for making or breuking a circuit from the battery 24 through the magnet 25.

' 26'X indicates a iight spring secured tothe arm 20 and-to the frame 1.

27 indicates a .coil spring under shght ten- I sion so es. to' have a tendency to unwind. One end of the spring 27 is secured in a hole in a hole .in theteper tube 2.

'28 in the t1-m4 and the other end issecu'red 29 indicates af projection carried by the-` taper tube' 2 slightly frame 30 indicates a stop turnabiy secured the pin 31.

Having described the principali perte 'involved in my invention, wild. briey de scribe the operation ofthe se e.

ont of contact with the ica volving device has been set ready for use the After the mechanism of the turntable returntable 6 is started in motion. The taper tube 2 is then turned until the needle 10 comes into contact with the extreme outer edge of the playing portion of the record 7 at the same ,time turning the stopl 30 on its pivot 31 so that it, the stop, is in contact with the projection 29 when the needle 10 opposite end is lowered, drawing down on the cord 23 and pulling down the extend' -ing end of the arm 15. The pulling down of the extending end of the arm 15 turns the drum 12 on the pivot 11 and the projection 14 on the drum engaging with the project-ion 13 on thel crook 8 turns the crook so that the sound box 9 is raised and the needle 10 is raisedfrom the record. The spring 27 is very light and its torque has no effect whatever while the needle 10 is on the record 7, but when the needle is raised from the record by the magnetic means above described the taper tube which is delicately mounted in the collar 8 turns readily due to the unwinding tendency of the spring 27 until stopped by the projection 29 on the taper tube coming in contact with the stop 30. As may readily be seen the needle is now in a position directly above the starting point of the record because the stop 30 and the projection 29 were set in engagement for that position and therefore by opening the switch 26 the circuit through the battery 24 is broken and the needle comes into position for repeating the playing of the record. The spring 26- serves to keep theprojections 13 and 14 in engagement with each other and permits the usual undulating movement of the needle over the surface of the record. The spring 26x also serves to restrain sudden falling of the needle 10 to the record when the contact 26 is broken. The connection shown whereby the projections 13vand 14'engage permits the sound box 10 being turned over in a verltical direction so` .astoiest on the tube 2 without turning down the arm 15 below 4the surface of frame 1.

By attaching a cord to each of the contacts of the switch 26 a person "may be 4permitted ,to withdraw to some distance from thephonograph to better enjoy the music, and at the completionl of a selection. if it is desired to have it repeated it is only necessary to complete-the circuit, wait a's'econd or two to give time enou h for the needle to travel from the center o the record to the edge and break the circuit, and the selection may be repeated thus as often as desired.

IVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a phonograph,the combination -with the sound box, sound box xcrook and supporting arm, of a drum carried by the sound box crook, an arm extending from the drum, electromagnetic means for drawing the outer end of the arm downwardly, manual means for making and breaking the circuit of the electromagnetic means, and means for carrying the arm back to the initial position.

2. In a phonograph, the combination with the sound box, sound box crook and supporting arm, of a drum carried by the sound box crook, an arm extending' from the drum, electro-1nagnetic resiliently vieidable means for drawing the outer end of the arm downward, manual means for making and breaking the circuit of the electromagnetic means, and means for carrying the arm back to the initial position.

3. In a phonograph, the combination with the sound box crook, of a drum turnably carried thereby, an operating arm rigidly secured to the drum, means for depressing the arm to turn the drum and raise the crook, and inter-engaging means between the drum and the sound box crook adapted to permit of manually turning over the sound box crook of the operating arm.

DONALD MILNEv Manson. 

